Definition of "impress" in İngilizce

verb

1. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.

   • You impressed me with your command of Urdu.

2. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.

   • Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.

3. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).

   • That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.

4. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.

   • We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.

5. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

6. (figurative) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.

7. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.

   • The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.

8. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.

   • The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.

noun

1. The act of impressing.

2. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.

3. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.

4. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.

5. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.

6. A heraldic device; an impresa.

7. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.